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“In his forty-third year William Stoner learned what others, much younger, had learned before him: that the person one loves at first is not the person one loves at last, and that love is not an end but a process through which one person attempts to know another.”
― Stoner
― Stoner
“Time is the one thing that can’t be stopped. Like a sharp blade, it silently cuts through hard and soft, constantly advancing. Nothing is capable of jolting it even the slightest bit, but it changes everything.”
― The Dark Forest
― The Dark Forest
“Half one's notions of other people were, after all, grotesque. They served private purposes of one's own.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
“Like many people who have nothing to do, he was very resentful of any claims on his time.”
― Queer
― Queer
“We are terrified of future catastrophes and are thrown into a continuous state of misery and anxiety, and for fear of becoming miserable, we never cease to be so, always panting for riches and never giving our souls or our bodies a moment’s peace. But those who are content with little live day by day and treat any day like a feast day.”
― The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
― The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Joy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Joy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
224 books
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10 friends
385 books
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62 friends
387 books
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19 friends
708 books
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30 friends
108 books
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181 friends
634 books
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40 friends
544 books
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24 friends
343 books
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37 friends
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